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Birding Shanghai in June 2022

10,000 Birds

Do you really need to have Kai’s birding experience further detailed not just by month but a level below? One of the established ways to evaluate self-cognition in animals (including humans) is the mirror test. In the classic test, an animal is anesthetized and then marked on an area of the body the animal cannot normally see.

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Maple Farm Sanctuary Needs Your Help!

Animal Person

As you know, Cheri and Jim are in the early stages of setting up their sanctuary, after a long journey of conscience that began with them closing their dairy goat operation, then transitioning to a vegan way of life, and eventually, creating a loving, lifelong home for farmed animals in need.

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Revenge Birding (Shanghai, early June 2022)

10,000 Birds

In conclusion, an experience that will put me off buying anything from that company ever. When there are no animals around to sit on, Cattle Egrets sometimes sit on trees, even though they frequently b h about the trees’ low speed and inability to stir up insects.

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Calgary Zoo in Big Trouble

Critter News

To many people, the number of animal fatalities at the Calgary Zoo in newer years seemed very high. A huge spiral-horned goat got trapped in a toy rope and choked. It reported that human error surrounded more deaths than at any other zoo and forced immediate plans be taken to make sure of the animals’ safety.

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On Peaceable Kingdom, Part Deux

Animal Person

The storytellers are (with two exceptions) people whose livelihoods came from using animals. And more important is that those storytellers include people who ran small, family operations that animal welfare advocates would not have a problem with. My experiences are unlike any of the film's subjects. For all of us.

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Tribes and Birds of the Lower Omo Valley by Adam Riley

10,000 Birds

Recent publicity about these remarkable tribes has resulted in tourists wanting to experience this wild land and its attractions for themselves. Heading south on a good surfaced road, we made slow progress through the herds of cattle, donkeys and goats that thronged the highway, until we finally reached the land of the Konso.

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From the Mailbag

Animal Ethics

I wrote the following for a blog on the Animals and Religion Forum on the Best Friends Animal Network website. So many people today do not realize how God feels about the animal kingdom, His own special creation. When Jesus died on the cross, He didn't just save us humans—He died for the animals, too.

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